60-POINT CHAIN SNAPPERS
What international sporting organization was founded by Eunice Shriver, sister of John F. Kennedy?
Special Olympics (reject partial answers)
Rounded to the nearest billion years, how long ago did the Big Bang occur?
14 billion years
Flowers of which genus are traditionally worn by Tahitian and Hawaiian women?
hibiscus
What palace complex constructed by rulers of the Nasrid dynasty was used as the Spanish royal court after the fall of Granada?
the Alhambra
Which element, whose diatomic molecule contains a triple bond, makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere?
nitrogen
What scientific theory encompasses branches called “general” and “special”?
relativity
Referee decision, checkmate, and knockout are all ways to end a game of what hybrid sport?
chessboxing (reject partial answers)
Intricately-designed dome- or mound-shaped monuments called stupas are associated with the practice of what religion?
Buddhism
Atmospheric nitrogen reacts with hydrogen gas and a metal catalyst to produce ammonia in what industrial process?
Haber process (accept: Haber-Bosch process)
What artist depicted three staircases connected in the shape of a triangle in Relativity?
Maurits Cornelis Escher
What is the lowest common multiple of 12 and 16?
48
What Canadian architect redeveloped the Art Gallery of Ontario and designed Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum?
Frank Gehry
What is the atomic number of nitrogen?
7
What American author wrote Godel, Escher, Bach?
Douglas Hofstadter
In 2021, what pop artist was freed from an oppressive conservatorship established by her father Jamie?
Britney Spears
How many nitrogen atoms are in a molecule of hydrazine?
2
On what television show is Leonard Hofstadter the protagonist’s roommate?
The Big Bang Theory